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(No Model.)

W. H. :BAYLES. FAUCET GORKSGREW.

Patented July 1, 1884.

' .Nr'rnn STATES ATENT FFICE.

\VILLIAhLH. BAYLES, OF PORT JEFFERSON, NEW YORK.

FAUCET-CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,425, dated July 1, 1884-.

Application filed April 30, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, YVILLIAM H. BAYLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port J eii'erson, in the county of Sufi'olk and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Faucet-Corkscrews, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of bungborers to which a faucet is attached; but the If) device is principally designed for screwing through the corks of what is known as lively bottled liquids, so that the gas may escape at the moment of completepuncture, and the cork be drawn without wasting the contents of the I 5 bottle. Its main object is to allow the gas, which is the result of fermentation, to escape to such an extentas to take away its force, and .then'to withdraw the cork as with any other corkscrew for such purpose.

I shall hereinafter particularly describe the instrument of novel construction for such purpose with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in elevation the instru- 23 ment as having pierced the cork of an ale-bottie, the bottle being in broken section, and the instrument being screwed down to permit the escape of gas, as above described. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the instrument itself in the converse position as closed to the escape of gas and in condition to act merely as a corkscrew; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section ofFig. 2, and Figs. 4 and 5 details.

The instrument consists of a hollow boring- 3 5 stem, A, screw-threaded on its periphery, with coarse threads 0;, of such formation as to grasp the interior-formed hole in the cork, and withdraw it when force is applied for that purpose, as is usual. It is provided with a crosshandle, 13, near its discharging end. Above the handle is a cap,-O, adapted to be screwed up or down upon the upper threads, b, of said stem A, and having an open mouth, 0, as shown in Fig. 3. This screw faucet-cap carries a rod,

d, which hasat its lowest end a gimlet-point, e, and in turn said gimlet-point has a detent,- f, which, when the cap 0 is screwed upward, abuts against a bearing, g, or seat upon the bottom of the periphery of the hollow tube '50 stem, and thus closes any exit of the ale through the tube, while on the contrary, when the cap ing of the cap.

O-the instrument havingbeen screwed gimletlike through the cork-is screwed downward, the detent f is released from its bearing, and the rod (1 descends, forcing down the giinletpoint e and permitting gas to escape up the tube and into the air through the cap opening at the rods top. The instrument is screwed into the cork of the bottle, as any gimlet or corkscrew would be, with its gimlet-point closing the bottom opening of the tube. The fancot-cap is then screwed down, the gas escapes,

and the cork may be drawn by the handle.

Of course, if only a portion of a bottles contents is to be drawn, the cap may be worked as a faucet, the flow being stopped by the turn- By using this instrument the most lively bottled ales and champagnes may be opened without wasting. The shape of the gimlet-point of the rod is such that it enters the bottom of the hollow corkscrew-tube and acts as a closing and opening valve when operated, and, when closed into the tubes bottom, forms a corkscrew combination thereof. The detentf and shoulder g are to relieve the strain on the rod (Z at its connection with the cap in screwing in the gimlet-point.

It will be observed that the rod which carries the point-valve passes centrally through the hollow screwing-tube, and that it is fastened at the top at d to a bent-in or flattened portion, 8, of the screw-cap, leaving the opening cseniicircular, and thus giving the said rod a top fastening in the central line of the hollow tubescrew, and that the shoulder on the tube and the detent on the piercing valve-point render the valve, the screw-stem, and screwrod functionally integral, and avoid any strain upon the rod in screwing the stem through the cork.

I claim 1. The combination, in a faucet-corkscrew, of the tubular screw-threaded stein A, having the end shoulder or bearing, 1, with the gimlet-point valve 6, having the detent f, the openmouth discharging screw-cap O, and the rod cl, connecting said tubular cap with the gini let-point valve, as described, whereby the said connecting-rod is relieved of the strain upon the gimlet-point valve in screwing it into and through the cork.

2. The herein-described faucet-corkscrew,

consisting of the hollow stem A, having threads In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a on its periphery, and a bearing, at the botmy hand in the presence of two subscribing tom, and a handle, 13, in combination with a witnesses. screw-cap faucet, G, and the gimlet valve-point 5 6, provided with a detent, f, and the connect Vitnesses:

ing-rod d, all constructed and arranged sub- HAMILTON T. BAYLEs, 1 stantially as and for the purpose described. JAMEs E. BAYLEs.

WILLIAM H. BAYLES. 

